Saturday, October 31, 2009

It's not everyday you walk into a restaurant greeted by the chef and his baby girl in his arm. Plus that baby girl is the restaurant's namesake herself, Eva.

Between receiving LAist's Sam Kim's email saying "What are you doing for dinner?" and us joining him and MyLastBite + hubby at Eva was about 40 minutes. We were there for Eva's Sunday Family Dinner - a $35 family-style prix fixe that included, yes, included, wine.

Risotto with Shrimp ScampiGood texture on the risotto and good flavor on the shrimp.

Fried ChickenThese are great fried chicken with crispy skin and the meat is tender and juicy. "Succulent" is a great way of describing it. I did want more ... maybe I should've asked for another piece.

Creamed CornQuite the addictive side dish, creamy and the sweetness of the corn really came through.

Braised Short RibsThe braised short ribs were quite good, tender and flavorful. I did, however, at that point feel that the meal was overall too heavy and wasn't perfectly tied together. I thought that the fried chicken and the short ribs belonged to two separate meals.

Chef Gold came by and asked us if we wanted some egg cream. Egg cream? We had no idea what an egg cream was, but sure, we'll take 3.According to Wikipedia, it apparently contains neither eggs nor cream, but instead is a concoction made of milk, chocolate syrup, and soda.

For desserts: chocolate and banana cupcakes.Probably because we were sitting with MyLastBite who knows the chef well now, Chef Gold brought to us a plate of Cuttlefish with Matsutake Mushrooms & Kyoho GrapesEating cuttlefish apres-dessert is strange, perhaps, but it matters not because the cuttlefish was delicious and wonderfully chewy.

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That looks wonderful. Maybe I can get my husband to take me there tomorrow. Egg creams are NY thing, I actually looked up the origin recently. There are several theories, the one I find plausible is that the drink originally contained eggs and cream, like a type of ice cream soda, however during the tough economy of WWII they left out the more luxurious ingredients to make something affordable yet tasty. That one looks damn good.